THE BATTALION
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Aggieland, Oct. 7, 1924.
Dere Rummit,
Even now as i sit at my desk look
ing into the dim and distant future
the every air surrounding me is per
meated with anticipations of a jour
ney to cool Dallas. This unquench
able tide of feeling smothers even the
powerful odor which floats through
my window from' the wasting car
casses of dead coulombs in Milner
Hall. Now Tom you know me and
that I am very considerate of and
condescending to all humankind—
even dogs and donkeys. Of late
though I have experienced an itching
of the palms and I can but recall that
oyu owe me five dollars ($5.00) FOUR
PLUS ONE BONES. Of course you
understand that this is not a “dun”
in the s trict sense. Far be it from
me to drop hints that might be mis
construed, but ya know I knew you
would greatly appreciate my remind
ing you of the obligation because
you alius was prompt at paying off
ancient debts. Here’s hopin’ boy, that
you don’t mistake the "purpose of my
letter. Enuff for that tho—brief and
to the point, that’s me.
Say Tom, you didn’t know that I
had evoluted into a society hound
didja? Yeh—if I can learn to dance
as well as Pat Halloran and can bor
row Kyle Owen’s rollickin moustache
some night, I’ll be the king of the
terpischorean artists in this neck of
the woods. But at the last dance I
honored with my presence a fellow
needed a pair of boxing gloves on
front and rear and a stiff shaving
brush, rigged on an extension, at each
side to keep from bein’ killed. All
this is costly tho—especially if you
have a gold-digger for a date, and
that’s one reason why I need that
money—you know that FIVE SIMO-
LEONS that I mentioned just pre
viously. Expecting one — ah — er I
mean five — by return mail. I’m hi
bernating till then.
LES.
She: “That dance made me dizzy;
let’s sit down.”
He: “All right. I know a nice
dark corner out on the porch.”
She: “Thanks just the same—but
I’m not quite as dizzy as that.”
—Royal Gaboon.
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